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Finding child care information

The problem

Finding reliable information about available child care is a challenge for Ontario families. We recognize that:

demand for child care, particularly for children under four years of age, is higher than the number of licensed child care spots available

parents in Ontario struggle to access affordable child care

some families may not know about the financial supports available to help them pay for licensed child care

We believe that Ontarians should be able to choose from a range of high-quality child care programs that work best for their family at a reasonable cost.

We want to give Ontario’s children the best possible start in life. Although we’ve removed wait list fees, expanded before and after school programming for 6-12 year olds, and committed to helping 100,000 more children, aged 0-4, access affordable, quality licensed child care over the next five years, what new solutions or tools could we put in place to help parents find child care information more easily?

Who we're trying to help

We want to help parents and families:

understand the benefits of child care programs

find information about child care services, including:

how they can apply for fee subsidies

what is available in their local communities so they can make informed decisions that meet their child/children’s needs

inspection and violation information on child care providers

What we’re doing/have done

More money in the child care system

Over the next five years, we’ve committed:

to help 100,000 more children, aged 0-4, access licensed child care

to spending $1.6 billion dollars to support the creation of 45,000 new spaces in schools, and communities

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I think there is some savings that could be had with publicly run, non-for-profit childcare/daycare for working families in the lower to mid income bracket, paid through a few possible devices or a combination of: raising taxes on large corporatio

Pay Ontario ladies that where born in Canada not from and immigrant family that has come to Canada in the last five years $5,000 to $10,000 every time they have a child on the birth day this will increase population in stead of using immigration

I think an online BOARD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION is possible, i have an idea but im not going to give it away for free because yours already so far behind Literally and Liberally, once you think im on to something PLEASE feel free to ask me yourself r

The cost of both daycare and before/aftercare is insane in Toronto. The minimum wage and caregiver to child ratio in Ontario is the same everywhere, yet an infant spot in Toronto is currently going for $2,200 per month vs.

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